FRANCIS THEAKSTON (1933)
An installation by Tracey Moberly (nee Sanders-Wood)
When I stand in the middle of the circle,
in the empty rectangular room,
looking at the empty walls
I think of every drama that has been enacted over time on this site.....
A well that lies metres below my feet,
the small pox treatment once freely administered
instructed by the sign of the swan that adorned the front of the building...
A bar that wet the spice worker, night worker and city loafer
- each card hand lost and won, as the curfew bells rang in from Cheapside.....
The gold bullion that graced this space in its entirety,
the care and security that had gone into handling that gold...
The bank manager, counter staff, each customer....
The sirens that intermittently scream, voices that trail. . . .
Every DJ, performer, improvised dancer, film preview,
modeling assignment, painting, sculpture, photograph,
television drama, music video shot, each person that made them
and their audiences...that all once stood on this spot
When I stand in the middle of the circle,
in the empty rectangular room,
looking at the empty walls
I think of every drama that has been enacted over time on this site.....
IT'S LIKE STANDING ON AN EMPTY STAGE....
TRACEY MOBERLY ... working title ...
'FRANCIS THEAKSTON 1933' ∞
SPINNING THE BIG WHEEL,
CREATING YOUR OWN CIRCLE OF SOUND
INTERMITTENT & TIMED RECORDINGS
TIMED: 9.30-10PM DAILY
24 HR INTERNET STREAM
24hour live streams
[mp3] [realaudio] [qt]
http://www.sanderswood.com
http://www.foundry.tv
3 - 8 May 2005
The Foundry
86 Great Eastern Street
London ec2a 3jl